動詞 divest:

1. take away possessions from someone
   同義詞：deprive, strip
2. deprive of status or authority
   同義詞：disinvest
3. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
   同義詞：disinvest
4. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
   同義詞：strip, undress, disinvest

1. It is an interesting question how far men will retain their relative rank if they were divest of their clothes.
   假使剝?nèi)チ巳藗兊囊路脑挘降妆舜说碾A級能夠維持到什么程度，倒是一則有趣的問題。
2. He cannot divest himself of this idea.
   他不能拋棄他的這個想法。

di.vest

v.tr.（及物動詞）
di.vest.ed,di.vest.ing,di.vests
To strip, as of clothes.
脫去，脫掉：使脫去衣服等物

To deprive, as of rights or property; dispossess.See Synonyms at strip
剝奪…的權利或財產(chǎn)；剝奪參見 strip
To free of; rid:
脫離…；免除：
例句：
.Most secretive of men, let him at last divest himself of secrets, both his and ours.(Brendan Gill)
.最守口如瓶的人，讓他最終擺脫自己和我們的秘密.(布倫丹·吉爾)

To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).
處置，出售：出售或處置（一個附屬公司或者一項投資等）
Law To devest.
【法律】 剝奪財產(chǎn)

來源：
Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin dovestore [to undress] * see divestiture
受 中世紀拉丁語 dovestore的影響 [脫衣] *參見 divestiture
of devest
devest的變化

【引伸】
divest.ment
n.（名詞）